Mountains Quotes

1228 Mountains quotes by 834 unique authors

The spoken discourse may roll on strongly as the great tidal wave; but, like the wave, it dies at last feebly on the sands. It… — Albert Pike
There is something so perfect about the mountains and the lake and the trees... sometimes I want to tear it all to pieces. — Georgia O'Keeffe
A week ago it was the mountains I thought the most wonderful, and today it's the plains. I guess it's the feeling of bigness in… — Georgia O'Keeffe
The scenery of mountains painted on the ever-changing azure canvas of the sky, the mysterious mechanism of the human body, the rose, the green grass… — Paramahansa Yogananda
for Christ's sake, were the mountains blue, then chuck on some blue and don't go telling me that it was a blue a bit like… — Paul Gauguin
When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the… — Dogen
My new city [Seattle] and its hinterland felt deceptively homely. Their similar latitude gave them the angular light and lingering evenings I was used to.… — Jonathan Raban
If thou shouldst paint mountains in a good style and to look natural, take some large stones full of cracks and copy them. — Cennino Cennini
We plant our roots in trembling earth, we live where mountains rose and fell and prehistoric seas burned away in mist. We and the towns… — Robert R. McCammon
They say that art should stand the test of time. Life lasts a limited amount of time. Mountains and trees and earth will outlive human… — Anna Deavere Smith
I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly… — Roma Downey
Do not be afraid that too much labour over the composition is going to kill the spontaneity. Those who absorb and digest their experiences are,… — John F. Carlson
Mountains in all their moods are symbols of something greater, something worth aspiring to. Mountains are powerful, dangerous, beautiful, noble and mysterious. Mountains get respect. — Robert Genn
While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art… — Robert Genn
The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thoughts… — John Muir
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. — John Muir
Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains. — Steve Jobs
We have a right to expect that the best trained, the best educated men on the Pacific slope, the Rocky Mountains, and great plains States… — Theodore Roosevelt
We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl, sand,… — Erasmus Darwin
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our… — John Muir
Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could… — John Muir
I first saw the site for Disneyland back in 1953, In those days it was all flat land - no rivers, no mountains, no castles… — Walt Disney
I was attracted to climbing mountains because of the physical dangers, but also the challenges, like 'mental fortitude, physical fortitude, judgement.' It's the intensity of… — Lincoln Hall
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over. The… — John Muir
I must return to the mountains-to Yosemite. I am told that the winter storms there will not be easily borne, but I am bewitched, enchanted,… — John Muir

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